On July 18, 2019, Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) hosted a gathering with Seattle Native community members to raise awareness of the MMIWG crisis and enter information about their missing loved ones into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).
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Legislative updates regarding missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
In August 2018, we released a report detailing a survey on sexual violence conducted with 148 Native women living in Seattle. We found that 94% of them had been raped or coerced at some point in …
One of our grantees, American Indian Health & Services, used BRANCH funds to host three workshops on traditional foods led by Julie Cordero-Lamb, a member of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, a botanist, and …
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A nationwide data crisis
Project: American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) Urban Cancer Solutions project The CDC-funded project led by AICAF will provide effective and sustainable approaches for improving cancer prevention, screening, early detection, patient navigation, and survivorship. Technical assistance will …
We are pleased to share with you a recent notification from First Nations Development Institute stating that they would be removing a controversial report from their publications library. Benny Shendo, Jr. the Chairman of the Board …
Recent First Nations Development Institute Report, “Twice Invisible: Understanding Rural Native America,” Raises Concerns from an Urban Indian Perspective Recently the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) released a report online entitled, “Twice Invisible: Understanding Rural Native …
Health Department Officials Discuss AI/AIN Health with SIHB/UIHI John Wiesman, the Washington State Secretary of Health, and other officials from his office visited the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) and Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) on …
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